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"Not now That i"

"Could you use yourme warhed together, he fell in love with her all over again

"If I could ah I’m a eunuch, I think I can war his I-do-have-a-penis was subtle enough

She cocked an eyebrow at hi that if I’d been in an enchanted sleep and my prince needed to awaken me I’d have been out of luck"

"Uh, in the books I’ve read, he wakes her with a kiss," Dorian said

"You’ve been reading the wrong books"

Dorian coughed and blushed, and Jenine giggled wickedly

They spoke for hours For the next four days, Dorian warmed the princess’s meals, and the princess warmed to him She was still devastated by the loss of her faave her hope He saw the beautiful, sunny girl she had been ee, and he saw evidence of the decisive, shrewd, charismatic woman she would becorew They were the happiest days of his life

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Kylar’s new right ar It looked just like the hand and forearo except that it bore no scars and was the pallid shade of skin that had never seen the sun The Wolf had thoughtfully given hihly sensitive The slightest breath of wind sent waves of sensation The skin was hairless, but the nails were grown in and perfectly triuild rat and that would never fully straighten before was noless

The Wolf takes pride in his work It’s better than the hand I lost

Kylar found his destrier waiting in the woods where he’d left it Tribe carried hiues for breakfast, but though he hated to admit it, the destrier intimidated hi, Tribe didn’t give any trouble as Kylar approached hi the ka’kari back into his skin before he caht As usual, Kylar had only worn underclothes beneath the ka’kari skin The ka’kari could go over his clothes, but then the Night Angel looked lu Kylar feel strangely self-conscious

"Ah, son of a--" Kylar said His underclothes had a huge hole right over the crotch No wonder it was breezy "Why do you do that?"

Tribe stared at him like he was crazy

~Do what?~ the ka’kari asked

"Eat my clothes!"

~I am the Devourer~

"You could leave my clothes alone And my swords"

~Soes!"